How to upload photos from camera to computer with sd card

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Importing pictures from a digital card enables you to share them readily with your friends or colleagues. But if you are not aware of the transferring process, you’ll find it quite troublesome. Here’s a handbook offering step-by-step instructions to import photos from SD Card to a Windows 11/10 PC.

If you are trying to import photos from a camera, you can use the USB cable, open the photos folder and simply copy-paste them into your PC. However, this process takes longer. SD card, on the other hand, allows you to quickly and easily import photos using an import wizard. To do this:

1. Insert the SD card into the SD slot of your PC
2. Use Windows Photos app to import photos

1] Insert the SD card into the SD slot of your PC

Almost all modern-day laptops come equipped with an SD memory card reader built into the machine. It can be accessed by inserting the SD card into the card reader slot.

When you plug an SD card into your PC, it will recognize it as a portable hard drive as shown in the screenshot above.

2] Use Windows Photos app to import photos

Now, to import photos to your PC, you can open Windows 10 Photos App or any other app of your choice.

If you choose Windows 10 Photos App, you’ll see an ‘Import’ option in the upper-right corner of your computer screen. Hit the button and when presented with options, select ‘From a USB device’.

Instantly, the Photos App will prompt you to select the items you want to import. Select the photos by clicking them and when done, press ‘Import Selected’.

By default, the Photos App will create a separate folder of the imported pictures and put them together in the ‘Pictures’ folder.

Go to the ‘Pictures’ folder and check if all the images you selected have been imported to your PC.

That’s all there is to it!

Before you can make any edits to your pictures, you first need to get them from your camera or phone

You can use the photo software program that came with your digital camera. In this guide, I’ve used the Windows 10 built-in Photos App which follow a very similar process.

You’ll need:

• a computer
• a digital camera
• a memory card from your camera (see right) to insert in your computer’s memory card slot. If your computer doesn’t have a memory card slot, you’ll need an external hard drive or memory card reader. Alternatively, if you have an appropriate USB cable, you may be able to connect your camera or phone directly to your computer.

Follow these step-by-step instructions to download pictures from camera or mobile phone to computer using the Windows Photos App

Step 1: Connect the digital camera or mobile phone to your computer with a USB cable that can transfer files.

Step 2: Turn your digital camera or mobile phone on and unlock it. Your PC can’t find the device if the device is locked.

Step 3: On your PC, select the “ Start” button and then select Photos to open the Photos app.

Step 4: Select Import > From a USB device, then follow the instructions. You can pick the items you want to import and select where to save them. Allow a few moments for detection and transfer.

Alternative method: You don’t always need to use photo software to transfer photos from your camera. You can move photos from your camera as if you are moving them from an external hard drive or flash drive. Here is how:

Step 1: Connect one end of the USB cable to the port in your camera.

Step 2: Connect one the other end of the USB cable to the USB port in your computer.

Step 3: Turn on the camera or phone.

Step 4: A dialog box may appear on the screen. If it does, select “Open folder to view files” or “Open Folder”. If the dialog does not appear, click the Windows “Start” menu, select “Computer” and then choose the drive labelled for your connected camera/phone (your may need to all confirm on your phone that you want the computer to access the files on your phone).

Step 5: The pictures are probably located in a particular photo folder on the camera or phone. Open that folder. Drag individual photos from the camera or phone folder to the folder on your computer. You can select all the photos by pressing “Ctrl-A” and you can then paste them into a pictures folder on your computer by pressing “Ctrl-V”

A useful users guide to Windows 10 photos can be found here: https://compass-ssl.microsoft.com/assets/e4/83/e483cba0-0612-4ab5-b25f-51c579e1e939.pdf?n=QS-Photos-app.pdf.

Guide last updated 6 June 2022